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Nicknames of Cyclists – D

Early 20th journalists started creating nicknames for the cyclists. This effort popularized the cycling sport and make the racers interesting to the people who were not interested in cycling much. This tradition is still continuing today. Here the list of cyclists’ nicknames in alphabetical order (by surname, starting with D):
By Surname: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW

CYCLIST

NICKNAME

COUNTRY

BIRTH/DEATH

YEARS ACTIVE

Roger De Vlaeminck

The Gypsy from Eeklo,Monsieur Paris-Roubaix

Belgium

24 Aug 1947–

1969-1984

Pedro Delgado

Perico

Spain

15 Apr 1960–

1982-1994

Danilo Di Luca *

Killer

Italy

02 Jan 1976–

1998-

Tom Dumoulin

The Butterfly of Maastricht

When you think of Tom Dumoulin doing a time trial the image of a butterfly gracefully floating through the air may come to mind – that’s how easy the Dutchman makes it. And he comes from Maastricht, so that bit makes sense.